The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

Over on his blog, Warren Ellis announces that the long, long, long delayed final issue of his bloody wonderful Planetary is finally getting nearer and nearer to publication, so much so that he’s got hold of John Cassaday’s art for the issue. According to Warren:

While I was in London getting bladdered being a responsible writer yesterday, I got an email from DC Wildstorm to tell me that John Cassaday was, apparently without warning, uploading the complete art for #27 into their FTP space. I now have those pages on my computer. #27 is all done sans the cover.

I’m a bit hungover still pissed tired right now, and haven’t looked at them all, but maybe I’ll leak a panel or two tomorrow.

EDITED TO ADD: Christ, I’m sorry. I just realised it’s April 1. Therefore this looks like a colossal wind-up. So here’s a tiny bit of proof:

April Fool’s gag? Genuine? Time will tell. But I’m one of many eagerly awaiting the final issue so I’m hoping it’s genuine.